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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Bartow County Community Improvement Districts Act; enact"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of one or more community improvement districts in Bartow County; to provide for a short title; to provide for the purposes of said districts; to provide for definitions; to provide for general obligation bonds, notes, and other obligations of said districts; to provide for construction; to provide that Chapter 5 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A. shall not apply to the offer, sale, or issuance of the boards' bonds, notes, or other obligations; to provide that no notice, proceeding, publication, or referendum shall be required; to provide for dissolutions; to provide for procedures connected with all of the foregoing; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 685"
+citation: "Georgia HB 685 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Gambill", "Mitchell Scoggins"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-28"
+last_action: "2025-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c9916ba-aa75-44fd-bd0e-e72fdce437bb"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "0afa6bdd8e90592fa87b68d058a50b7cd4814b1588247d09fa28ddb9c3657524"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 685 (2025_26) — Bartow County Community Improvement Districts Act; enact
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of one or more community improvement districts in Bartow County; to provide for a short title; to provide for the purposes of said districts; to provide for definitions; to provide for general obligation bonds, notes, and other obligations of said districts; to provide for construction; to provide that Chapter 5 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A. shall not apply to the offer, sale, or issuance of the boards' bonds, notes, or other obligations; to provide that no notice, proceeding, publication, or referendum shall be required; to provide for dissolutions; to provide for procedures connected with all of the foregoing; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 685/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239318.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 3423/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234581.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234593.pdf)
+4. **Sen Ctee sub LC 47 3664S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237465.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #291 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #270 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
+- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-28** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2025-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-13** Act 160 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-13** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c9916ba-aa75-44fd-bd0e-e72fdce437bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+